INDIANAPOLIS — A partnership between New Direction Church and National Bank of Indianapolis is revitalizing the East 38th Street corridor, creating jobs and helping residents become homeowners through the 38th Street Renaissance Project.
The initiative, launched in December 2024, focuses on breathing life back into the area between Arlington and Emerson avenues. At the center of this transformation is New Direction Church’s new campus — a building that was once scheduled for demolition.
“We’re bringing life in this area and so this building is a testimony of what we’re actually doing,” Senior Pastor Kenneth Sullivan Jr. said.
The church building at the corner of 38th Street and Lesley Avenue sat vacant and deteriorating before the renovation began…